Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-18
CALIFORNIA FRUITS.
PROGRESS OF THEIR SALE BY
AUCTION In NEW YORK.
The People of Gotham Propose to
Take All First Glass California
Fruit Slipped There.

Press When the fruit has arrived in poo! con
dition the prices nave been good. At other times
prices have been less satisfactory All the time
the number ef purchasers of California fruits
+ has been decreasing. The first auction sale of
the fruit shipped blythe California Fruit Union
occurred under the direction of Sgobel & Day,
the New York agents of the Union, June 2Sth
Thea California frat was comparatively speak
ing, novelty. Certainly it was 50 to the large
nurnber of wholesale fruit dealers who attend
the fruit anctions as an article of merchandise
on any considerable scale. The purchasers Mt
the first sale nun bered only about ten The first
shipment toths city consisted OF one carload
only. This number has now been increased
Three hundred catalogues are prepared by SGD
bel d. Day IN advance of every sale of California
fsiit fr distribution to the trade The autt tor
GERS Messrs. Brown s Leccomb also supply cata-
logues for the sale days. Out of two hundred
and fifty or three hundred dealers who attend
the sales some one hundred dealers now buythe
! California fruit.
GREAT MARKET FOR CALIFORNIA
Is looming up in the Atlantic States, and. more
particularly speaking in this city, if only the
forwarding of fruit is conducted strictly on bus
ness principles. The distance across which the
green fruit must be transported is great which
makes 1t necessary that the care should be ex-
IRENE to secure the.best results / e. the hest
prices. Those best able to Judge saw that the
dealers who have taken hold of California fruit
IN this market have been pleased with it. New
fer Il, and it has become evident to dealers that
California can supply the best, and indeed at
certain seasons. the only acceptable green fruit
to be procured for Eastern CONSUMPTION The
enlargement, speedily, of the circle of buyers
and the general satisfaction of these buyers ali
OF whom are wholesale dealers, are indications
having decided bearing on the old question as
to whether the fruit business will be oyerione
in California. The Fruit Union have pioneered
the way to what must, with care. be large results
in the future California said an authority
concerning the New York fruit safes lean mar
ket all the fruit-that is all the strictly prime
irult that she can forward to this city" 1t is
learned that another season it is probable that
trains OF EN- cars each will leave California
daily TOR this place-one train per day This
TACT also has bearing on the increased acreage
OF orchards IN Upper and Central California
q But poor fruit or inferior fruit saws the same
unquestioned authority who is quoted above,
should certainly never be sent here. The New
YORK people do not want it, and only the best
will build up reputation for California and in
sure steady and reliable demand" With the
PROGRESS OF THE AUCTION SALES
1t is believed that in a short time all of those
who handle Mediterranean fruit will add Cali
fornia to their stock All of the green fr1ljt from
the Mediterranean, and very large share of tbe
dried fruit from the same region is sold BY auc-
ton here by Messrs. Brown & Seccomb, and
while on this point it may be interesting TO note
that since the lst of December last 2, $50 600
boxes OF oranges and lemons I62 900 barrels of
American grapes, and many thousands of boxes
OF Spanish raisins Smyrna figs and other dried
fruits have been sold here at auction. These
sales increase yearly, it having been demon
strated that promptness and full market values
are tecured. Boston, Philadelphia Baltimore
and New Orleans also sell their fruit at auction
the same as is done here, but naturally on n
much smaller scale than New York Besides
the dealers who attend the New York sales
daily from this city, there are many who come
from other places, within radius of about 100
nue., thhiles, ana from greater distance telegraph
thelr orders TO dozen or so brokers' who simply
act as the representatives of inland buyers in
the purchase of fruit.
MANNER OF SELLING.
All Mediterranean fruit arriving is discharged.
except i'll very cold weather the day before the
| SAFE Inc MARKS sometimes numbering 1000
ana over per steamer, are all correctly assorted
on the wharf. On the morning of the sale BUYERS
| go to the wharf, obtain catalogues and examine
tne lruit lew boxes OF each mark having been
opened py the agents or consignees. AT noon
| all the buyers go to the large auction-room and
| seat themselves comfortably, and the sale then
oegins; ms occupies from one to three hours,
according to the length of the catalogues AS
nigh as 40 ,0oO boxes of oranges and lemons have
been sold in one day. After the sale, delivery
begins, and this continues until the fruit is aiI
| removed from the wharf
Inc California fruit is sold at quarter before
| II o clock, and rs this occupies but fifteen or
twenty I'VE minutes, the fruit is always delivered
the same day--usually by 3 o'clock-so that
dealers may sell it during the afternoon. A de-
scTlptlon OF the scenes attending these auction
sales will be included in advices to the Califor-
mia As ISOLATED Press tomorrow consequently
there IS no necessity for saying more on this
| point here.
| GENERAL FACTS OF INTEREST
There are many general facts of interest
1 which have been secured by inquiry California
| fruit arrives about 5 A. NJ and is at once dis
charged from the cars, and the different yari-
eties are assorted Samples are then taken to
| the auction-rooms by the agents. Messrs Sgobel
| * Day for examination by the dealers The
catalogues, prepared in advance of the arrival
| Oh the irult, are made up in accordance withtel
| egIams sent out by the California Fruit Uuion
! Inc NdiltOlllla sale DrecpdeS The
| sale. -'''-e az
Up to August 9th the California fruits received
had been principally pears peaches plums
| aprleots and few nectarines and a few cranes
| On that day word was received that a carload
OF grapes, the first carload of the season, had
| lett sacramento for this city, This marked
| really the beginning Of the Crane season and
largely, the end of the season for earlier fruits
Inc agents requested that of peaches only the
very best quality should be sent here The
| delaware peaches were then already in the
market. at low prices, but of quality inferior TO
the California fruit. The Je. sey peaches were
expected to be only about a fortnight out of
market, and these of fine quality While the
eastern fruit is coming in, the California apri-
cots were supposed to have come to an end tor
| the season only the best of California peaches
| were available, and the bulk CT the California
sales for the remainder of the season must nee
essaiily consist OF pears, plums and grapes
| Concerning
THE COMPETITION OFFERED TO CALIFORNIA;
GRAPES
| In this market your agent has learned several
| interesting facts. Before stating these how
ever, Tor fear least this important matter may
| be forgotten, word of caution is introduced
viz: shipments should be timed so that cars
shall not arrive here Saturday or Sunday If
the iruit arrives Saturday, that day being a
half-holiday, II must be sold at whatever price
1t will bring; and if it arrives on Sunday. it
must sweat twenty-four hours and largely spoil.
Inc stopPage OF the train stops the passage OF a
current OF ar through the cars, and the effect is
| easily imagined by those at all familiar with
| the handling or marketing of fruit
NOW concerning competition on grapes Up
| the hudson river the crop is reported fair Re-
ports have not been received from Western New
| York. The New York State grapes and the
AlmeTla grapes from Spain are the crops which
\ ofer California her only real competition i'm
| this field. Concerning the New York cranes
nothing more can be said at present than is in,
Guided IN the foregoing; About the Almeria
crop IT Is learned Messrs. Sgobel & Day who are
the largest receivers OF this fruit in the United
States, have written by circular to about l2j of
| their Spanish shippers
ADVISING THEM NOT TO SHIP
Any grapes to this market to arrive before Oc-
tober 18th, or at the earliest certainly no; before
October lst. They Is sobel & Dsy) have also in
| dueed other large receivers of the Almeria crop
to similarly advise their respective shippers II
| is therefore hoped to have the New YORK market
for the California grapes until about October LIST
OF course, it is expected at the same time that
California grapes will continue to arrive here
until November. The near at home crop of Nevy
York grapes will offer competition so that it is
| TO the interest of California shippers to send
| improve grapes. The largest berries and the
largest punches make the most attractive dis
| play for New Workers. The Tokay is the pom
| lar grape, being handsome on the table or il
not the most popular. it is a great fayorite on
account of its color and size.
TIE form of catalogue which describes the
California fruit to be auetioned may be of inter
est, and recent catalogue, that of August Sth.
with prices received in detail, is herewith re-
produced:
CATALOGUE OF CALIFORNIA FRUIT
Pears. peaches, prunes, plums, neetarines and
grapes sold at auction by Brown & Seeeomb. on
Monday, August s. 1887, at las O'Clock within
their salesroom IS Broad street the fruit dis
charging at Erie Railroad pier, Jersey CITY:
California Fruit Union-W. r. Strong x CO.
"a boxes Bartlett pears, IS; samples 81 %
W. Treats boxes Bartlett pears, s. ST.:
samples, s. p.
Gregory, Barnes & Co.'S boxes Bartlett
pears, s3l2 IS: samples 81 y.
frank H. Buck-377 half boxes Early Craw-
ford peaches. 81 3oG1 10; samples 81 20
A-fe0 half boxes Early Crawford peaches.
81 so: SAMPLES. 81 %.
Frank b. ". Kevitt-S9 half boxes Early
Crawford peaches. 81 co: samples. 81 20
Gregory. Barnes d Co.-l59 hall boxes late
Crawford peaches, 81 20: samples, 81 %.
w r. Strong & Coo half boxes Late Craly
ford peaches, 81 iSGl 10: samples 81 %.
W r. Strong & Co-2j2 half boxes Orsnca
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